known cause
collocation in Englishmeaningsofknownandcause
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known
adjective
uk/nəʊn/us/noʊn/
used to refer to something or someone that is familiar to or understood ...
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cause
noun
uk/kɔːz/us/kɑːz/
the reason why something, especially something ...
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(Definition ofknownandcausefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofknown cause
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Somatization is a complex problem in which a person purports to have physical complaints for which there is noknowncause.
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Overall, about 14 % of the community experienced fatigue without anyknowncause, for at least 2 weeks at some point in their life.
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It can be present without aknowncause(primary or idiopathic dystonia), or may be secondary to events such as trauma, anoxia or metabolic, toxic or pharmacologic insults.
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The plaintiffs' counsel argued two lines, that imprisonment without a specificknowncausewas illegal and that those imprisoned by special command of the king should be bailed.
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This requested specific details relating to the numbers of individuals being managed within the primary practice with diagnoses of lymphoedema secondary to cancer and lymphoedema of noknowncause.
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It had noknowncauseand the agent looked like scrapie.
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It is a condition with noknowncauseand, therefore, no known cure.
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It still has noknowncause, still no known cure and still affects up to one in every ten women and rising.
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The most important singleknowncauseis cigarette smoking.
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Such isolated attacks with aknowncausedo not justify a diagnosis of epilepsy.
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For this disease there is still noknowncauseand no cure.
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There is noknowncausefor those accidents, and they certainly have no bearing on this question of efficiency.
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I do not say that this is aknowncause, but it is worth examining.
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The onlyknowncauseof it is exposure, even for the briefest of periods, to asbestos dust.
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Often it has noknowncause.
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Non-syndromic autism categorizes autistic patients for which there is noknowncause.
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Also, hyperlipidemia may be idiopathic, that is, withoutknowncause.
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